1 / 16

ISOC & The Internet Ecosystem

ISOC & The Internet Ecosystem. Shernon Osepa Manager Regional Affairs Latin America & the Caribbean CANTO Oranjestad Aruba 16 July 2013. Agenda. What is the Internet Society (ISOC) The Internet ’ s Operating Layers The Internet Ecosystem Questions. Internet Society.

mikasi
Download Presentation

ISOC & The Internet Ecosystem

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. ISOC & The Internet Ecosystem Shernon Osepa Manager Regional Affairs Latin America & the Caribbean CANTO Oranjestad Aruba 16 July 2013

  2. Agenda • What is the Internet Society (ISOC) • The Internet’s Operating Layers • The Internet Ecosystem • Questions

  3. Internet Society • Founded in 1992 by Internet pioneers • Not for profit international organization • 110+ organizational members • 60.000+ individual members • 90+ local chapters worldwide • Offices: Africa, Asia, Europe, LAC, USA • ISOC’s mission is "to assure the open development, evolution and use of the Internet for the benefit of all people throughout the world” • We do this by working in the areas of technical standards, policy development and education

  4. What Made Internet Society Unique? • 20 years of leadership at the intersection of Internet technology, development, and public policy • Organizational home of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), which sets global Internet Standards • Trusted reputation as neutral and unbiased advocates for the Internet • Broad engagement across stakeholders including industry, government, universities, and civil society • Expert contributors to the World Economic Forum, United Nations bodies, Internet Governance Forum(IGF), OECD, etc. • Access to an international network of experts

  5. Internet’s Three Operating Layers Content and applications standards (HTML, XML, Java) – Promotes creativity and innovation in applications leading to email, World Wide Web, ebanking, wiki, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Yahoo, Google, YouTube and much more Internet protocols and standards (TCP/IP, DNS, SSL) – TCP/IP, controls traffic flow by dividing email and web data into packages before they are transmitted on the Internet Telecommunications infrastructure – Physical network made up of underwater cables, telephone lines, fiber optics, satellites, microwaves, wi-fi, and so on Facilitates transfer of electronic data over the Internet 5

  6. The Internet Ecosystem

  7. How Could ISOC Assist You? All Stakeholders Could Contribute! • Governments/Policymakers • Internet Policy Development • ISPs/Business Sector • DNSSEC (DNS+Security Extensions); • RPKI (Resource Public Key Infrastructure); • IXPs • Academia • Contribution to IETF • End-users • Join one of our Chapters

  8. Thank You Shernon Osepa osepa@isoc.org

More Related